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Which statement below best explains the reason why Europeans imperialized and set up colonies during the 1800s?

A. Expanding European empires needed natural resources to better their economy.

B.Growing European empires wanted to share their natural resources with other who were not as superior as they were.

C. Africans were superior and the Europeans no longer wanted to compete with their growing empires, so they took away all of
their natural resources.

D. Europeans were experiencing difficult times and wanted to obtain more gold to improve their wealth.

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The answer is d , no doubt about it
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the answer is either A, or D. They didn’t want to share any of their resources with people less superior, so B is not the answer. They believed they were superior to Africans, so C is not the answer. I think the answer is D, but if not, definitely A. hope this is helpful!
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